Shoe



J. SQUIRE March 22, w38.4

SHOE

Filed Dec. 25. 1935 L. Wo.

INVENTOR U'scoa SQL/m E? y Pg ATTORNEY' Patented Mar. 22, 1938 STATES amsn 6 Claims The present invention relates to ornamentation, and more particularly to simulated pipings and methods of making them. The invention is concerned primarily with such pipings for ornainenting shoes but may be used for ornamenting ladies handbags and other articles, especially articles made of leather. Y

1n using strips of leather or other material as pipings for ornamenting shoes and other articles, serious diliiculties are frequently encountered and in some cases, while ornamental pipings are desired, the use thereof is practically impossible. One difficulty arises especially in the c'ase ofthe use of pipings extending along sharply curved lines, as for example between the Vamps and quarters of ladies shoes, because in conforming the pipings to the required curvature, folds or wrinkles are formed therein, especially in their more sharply curved' portions. One object of the present invention is to obviatethis difficulty.

Another difficulty arises from the fact that when such pipings are securedbetween two layers of material, a relatively thick seam or ridge is produced. This objection has stood in the way of the use of pipings in many instances where ornamental pipings would otherwise be used. Another object of this invention is to eliminate this objection.

As pipings are of different ornamental forms, straight-edge and pinked or scalloped-edge pip ings being the usual forms, it is necessary for the manufacturer to order or keep in stock quantities of all' such forms, as the manufacturer cannot determine, except approximately, what quantity of each form will be required. In accordance with the present invention, not only is the expense of such pipings eliminated, but also it is possible forthe manufacturer kto avoid delays whichrmight otherwise ensue in the event that al particular form of piping is not at hand. This constitutes another object of the invention.

A further object is generally to Aimprove the art of ornamentation and to reduce the cost thereof, particularly with reference to ornamentation heretofore obtained by using strips of leather for pipings used in the ornamentation of shoes, handbags, etc.

The above objects of the invention and other objects ancillary thereto will best be understood from the following description considered with reference to the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoe, illustrating one embodiment of the invention in connection with the ornamentation of shoes;

` Fig. 2 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of a vamp and quarter blank used in the shoe shownV in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of a portion of a blank similar to the blank shown in Fig. 2, and illustrates another form of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing another modification;

Figs. 6 and 7 are fragmentary plan views of the vamp and quarter section of the form shown in Fig. 5, illustrating steps in the method of making the latter; and

Figs. 8 and 9 are fragmentary plan views on an enlarged scale of the blank shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail and first to Figs. 1 and V2 which illustrate the alfnplicationV of the invention for the ornamentation of a ladys shoe, the vamp It and quarter cr quarter sections I2 of the shoe upper are stitched together, as usual, by a seam i4, which is more or less invisible, especially when the thread is of the same color as that of the upper material. The simulated piping l6 of the present invention. here shown as simulated pinked piping, is applied to` the upper, specifically as here shown,'to the vamp l0 adjacent to and following the forward or outer overlapping edge i3 of the quarter i2 and the seam I4 which is disposed close to said edge.

rI'he simulated piping l5 is constituted by a line of stitching produced by stitching through the vamp itl on the Y,conventional sewing machine used for stitching shoe upper parts together. Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate, on an enlarged scale, forms of the invention for simulating pinked. or scalloped piping. The line of stitching iii which simulates this type of piping is applied by means of the conventional sewing machine in the usual way, using a relatively thick thread, known in the art as FF cord thread, il as the top thread. and a regular relatively thin silk thread i9 in the bobbin. The top cord thread 'i contrasts in color either with the section i2 or with the section lli or with both of said sections, which may be the quarter and vamp, respectively, of the shoe upper. The thread i9 is' preferablyV of the same color as the section l2 and hence is substantially invisible, On this account and be 5 cause the thread il has its exposed portions in spaced relation and disposed angularly with respect to the edge I3 of the section i2, this stitching closely simulates the scalloped edge of pinked piping. The stitching is the same in Figs. 8 and 9, the former showing the folded edge I8 of the section I2 overlapping the section ID, and the latter showing the folded edge I8 of the section or vamp I0 overlapping the section or quarter I2. In both forms the sections are stitched together by a line of stitching I4 as shown in Fig. 3.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, the stitching Ita simulates straight-edge piping. The stitching IGa, is performed with the upper material reversed instead of in the usual Way or, in other words, with the wrong side of the material uppermost. In producing this stitching, there are utilized i'n the bobbin a relatively thick thread I'Ia, known in the art as FF cord, and a relatively thin silk thread Ia as the top thread. This produces a raised stitch o-n the right side of the material forming the simulated piping Ia. The thread for forming this stitching will usually, if not always, be of a color in contrast to the color of the right side of either the Vamp or quarter or both vamp and quarter of the shoe upper. Instead of applying the stitching Ia after the vamp and quarter are seamed together by the stitching I4, said stitching Ita may be applied before joining the vamp and quarter, in which case this stitching may be used as a guide for the joining stitching I4.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 5, the simulated piping Ib is positioned at and joined to the edge |82) of the section Illb which may be the vamp of a shoe and overlap the section I2b which may be the quarter of the shoe. This stitching is formed in the same way as the stitching I6 except that it is applied so that it forms the edge of the vamp or other part to which it is` attached. The method of accomplishing this is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. As shown in Fig. 6, the stitching Ib is spaced from the edge IO; then the marginal edge portion I5 is folded under at the line of stitching so that the latter becomes the outer edge of the section, in this case the overlapping edge of the vamp, and then the section |02) is joined to the section I2 by the stitching IIIb` which corresponds to the stitching I4 in Fig. 3.

While I have shown and described several embodiments of the invention, it will be understood that the invention is capable of being embodied otherwise than as here shown. It will be understood also that each of the embodiments herein disclosed may be varied in its structural details. Therefore I do not wish to be limited to the illustrated embodiments except as may be required by the appended claims considered with reference to the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure and claim by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. In a shoe having an upper comprising vamp and quarter sections secured together in overlapping relation, the overlapping portion of one of said sections having an inturned folded edge, and a line of stitching adjacent to and confronting said folded edge and extending in parallel relation thereto on the outer surface of the shoe, said line of stitching comprising a heavy thread which together with said folded edge of the upper section simulates a strip of piping secured between said vamp and quarter sections.

2. In a shoe having an upper comprising two sections of exposed shoe-upper material stitched together in overlapping relation, one of said sections having an edge on the outer surface of the shoe, and a line of stitching adjacent to and confronting said edge and extending in parallel relation thereto on the outer surface of the shoe, said line of stitching comprising a heavy thread which together with said edge of the upper section simulates a strip of piping secured between said sections.

3. In a shoe having an upper comprising vamp and quarter sections secured together in overlapping relation, the overlapping portion of one of said sections having an inturned folded edge, and a line of stitching adjacent to said folded edge extending in parallel relation thereto on the outer surface of the shoe, said line of stitching comprising a heavy thread lying against said folded edge, in confronting relation thereto, and a thin thread passing through one of said sections and having portions looped around said heaw thread and in engagement therewith at points spaced longitudinally of said heavy thread, said thin thread securing said heavy thread in position against said folded edge, and said line of stitching together with said folded edge simulating a strip of piping secured between said shoe upper sections.

4. In a shoe having an upper comprising two sections of exposed shoe-upper material stitched together in overlapping relation, one of said sections having an edge on the outer surface of the shoe, and a line of stitching lying adjacent to and confronting said edge on the outer surface of the shoe, said line of stitching comprising a heavy thread having portions disposed at an angle to said edge and a thin thread passing through one of said upper sections and looped around said heavy thread and in engagement therewith, said thin thread securing said heavy thread in position adjacent said edge, and said line of stitching together with said edge simulating a strip of piping securedv between said shoe upper sections.

5. In a shoe having an upper comprising vamp and quarter sections secured together in overlapping relation, the overlapping portion of one of said sections having an inturned folded edge, and a line of stitching lying adjacent to and confronting said edge on the outer surface of the shoe, said line of stitching comprising a heavy thread having portions disposed at an angle to said edge and a thin thread passing through one of said upper sections and looped around said heavy thread and in engagement therewith, said thin thread securing said heavy thread in position adjacent said folded edge, and said line of stitching together with said folded edge simulating a strip of piping secured between said shoe upper sections.

6. In a shoe having an upper comprising sections secured together in overlapping relation, the overlapping portion of one of said sections having an edge on the outer surface of the shoe, and a line of stitching adjacent to and confronting said edge and extending in parallel relation thereto on the outer surface of the shoe, said line of stitching comprising a heavy thread lying against said edge and a thin thread passing through one of said sections and having portions looped around said heavy thread and in engagement therewith at points spaced longitudinally of said heavy thread, said thin thread securing said heavy thread in position against said edge, and said line of stitching together with said edge simulating a strip of piping secured between said shoe upper sections.

JACOB SQUIRE. 

